Release Planned For 2002
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Kurnaz's lawyer sued the DoD and more of the documents from his dossier have been made public. These included a 2002 memo that stated Kurnaz had been cleared of suspicion, and that his release was planned for September 30, 2002.
The Washington Post republished one of the newly released documents, written by David B. Lacquement, a senior officer in Military Intelligence. Among the justifications for considering Kurnaz an enemy combatant:
- He joked about explosives being present in items.
- He had covered his ears and tried to pray when the American anthem was being played;
- He had expressed contempt for US leaders;
- He has mocked the Guard's monitoring logs, by telling a guard to record that he had eaten his whole meal, when he had only eaten an apple.
- That the attack on 9/11 was in the Koran and approved as an attack against infidels.
Pentagon spokesman Commander Jeffrey Gordon would not discuss whether the DoD now acknowledges Kurnaz was innocent, but he "...stressed that a substantial amount of information about Kurnaz remains classified."
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